I'm going to continue the dancing because it really was an inspiration; it changed my life.

I don't think anything can prepare you for the 'Strictly' experience. It really is insane. I mean, I played football, rugby, American football. I go to the gym. I like to think I'd be quite fit, and I don't have much fat on me to lose, and yet I still lost a stone and half and three inches off my waist.

You have to have chemistry - it's acting. I need to make people believe the rumba is about two people in love, and the tango is about passion.

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